<p>Since the other "Early Actions Result Thread" was vaguely named, had no HTML formatting, and already up to 16 pages and 235 replies of hopes and dreams and no actual results, for the sake of clarity for 2009ers and future applicants, here is the official thread. </p>
<p>SAT I (breakdown): 800M 680 CR 710 W
ACT: didn't take
SAT II: 760 Math IIC, 700 Chem, 800 Chinese
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9 4.71w
Rank: Top 5%
AP: Taken 6 so far, 4 and 5s
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Didn't have the chance to put on the app, but i showed my interviewer</p>
<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Job/Work Experience: Tutor
Volunteer/Community service: Alot
Summer Activities:
Essays: Rushed...
Teacher Recommendation: Should be good, didn't see
Counselor Rec: didnt see
Interview: Great</p>
<p>Other
State (if domestic applicant): Maryland
Country (if international applicant): China (int'l)
School Type:Public
Ethnicity:Chinese
Gender:F</p>
<p>ACT: 34
SAT II: Math II-800 US History-720 Spanish-670
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.98
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):1/188
AP (place score in parenthesis):Calc AB(5), US History(5), Spanish(4)
Senior Year Course Load:AP Econ, AP Stats, AP Physics C, AP US Gov't, AP English Lit, Philosophy
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):Won some big tennis tournaments, nothin too big though
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):ASB(one of top 8 guys), Red Cross Club(prez), NHS/CSF(vice prez), PAL(secretary),
Job/Work Experience: Started own tennis racket stringing business
Volunteer/Community service:Volunteer coach and tutor for underprivileged kids
Summer Activities: Tennis tournaments
Essays: I think pretty good....about how I organized a schoolwide event
Teacher Recommendations:Amazing(top 1% of students on all 3 plus about character and integrity)</p>
<p>Interview: Good...lasted an hour and was solid</p>
<p>State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: private catholic
Ethnicity:caucasian
Gender: male
Income Bracket: high
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): athlete</p>
<p>Strengths: class rank, athlete, gpa, unique asb system at school
Weaknesses: sat II's and community service hours
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: cuz they knew i really really wanted to go there</p>
<p>General Comments: add me on facebook if you are admitted too so we can start a group for admitted students.....names kevin cox from orange county, ca</p>
<p>decision: deferred
[li] SAT I (breakdown): 2310 (math 740 reading 780 writing 790)</p>[/li]
<p>[li] ACT: didn't take</p>[/li]
<p>[li] SAT II: math II 720, Literature 800, World History 660</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.62, 4.32 w</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 25%</p>[/li]
<p>[li] AP (place score in parenthesis): NSL (5) Psych (5) Calc (4) World (3) Music Theory (3)</p>[/li]
<p>[li] IB (place score in parenthesis): none</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Senior Year Course Load: International relations, multivariable calc, quantum physics, ap spanish, ap literature, leadership</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):national merit semi-finalist, national hispanic scholar, debate season champion</p>[/li]
<p>[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[li] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Cheerleading (Captain 3 seasons) Student Government (Class Treasurer 2 years, SGA Secretary 1 year) debate, philosophy club (co-president)</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Job/Work Experience: camp counselor, retail</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Volunteer/Community service:solid, about 200 hours</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Summer Activities: work</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Essays: bad, I couldn't use the one I wanted because it was too long</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Teacher Recommendation:excellent</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Counselor Rec:excellent</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Additional Rec: none</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Interview: good i think, there was some confusing between her husband, her, and i about who's interviewee i was because they were both interviewers</p>[/li]
<p>[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[li] State (if domestic applicant): MD</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Country (if international applicant):</p>[/li]
<p>[li] School Type: public</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Ethnicity: cuban</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Gender: f</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Income Bracket:high</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): urm, legacy (kind of, both my parents went to georgetown law)</p>[/li]
<p>[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[li] Strengths: recommendations, scores, leadership</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Weaknesses: essays, gpa</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: gpa, essays</p>[/li]
<p>[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b] My why georgetown essay was rushed and while my personal statement was good essay, it was actually one I had written for a specific question for a different school. I couldn't use my good personal essay that I used for my other colleges because it ended up being too long for Georgetown and I didn't realize until the last minute so I had to use one I already had. Oh well, I'm not surprised I got deferred (especially because of my gpa) but hopefully RD results will be better, congratulations to everyone who heard and good luck to those who havent!</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): CR 770, W 720, M 720
[</em>] SAT II: French 740, Literature 750, World History 710
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/170
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): None taken
[</em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): Not taken
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: Most rigorous at my school
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Governor General's Academic Medal, Top Graduating Student Award, MusicFest Canada Honour Award, Unsung Hero Award
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): tutoring special needs children, local wind ensemble, concert and jazz band (MusicFest Canada), and other activities related to a family crisis
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: 24 hours per week, customer service rep
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: 1500 hours of community service (attending to special needs children)
[</em>] Summer Activities: independent study, National Student Leadership Conference, working
[<em>] Essays: a concise history of my bizarre upbringing and how it has made me who I am today
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: very personalized, effusive praise ("best student I've ever taught....it's like having a second teacher in the room"); one from a professor of political economy
[<em>] Counselor Rec: glowing but generic
[</em>] Interview: could not have gone any better; we had too much to talk about
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Country (if international applicant): Canada
[</em>] School Type: Small public school, performs slightly below the provincial average
[<em>] Ethnicity: Gambian and British
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: Welfare poor
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, first-generation college, quasi-legacy (godfather went to SFS)
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: excellent essays, unique upbringing
[</em>] Weaknesses: not many formal leadership positions
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: teacher recommendations, life story, writing sample, international relations essay[/li][/ul]General Comments: applied to School of Foreign Service</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): CR 770 M 730 W 670 (Superscored 2 tries)
[</em>] ACT: -
[<em>] SAT II: World History: 780 US History: 770 Biology-E: 760
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): My school doesn't do that. It's about 96%
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 20 out of 550
[</em>] AP: World History: 5 English Lang: 4 Biology: 2
[<em>] IB: -
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: 2 APS, 1 College Level (SUPA)
[<em>] Major Awards: Nothing huge, just school awards and such
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars: Almost all were Choral or Musical Theatre related.
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: -
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service:Some volunteering for political campaigns, some work at a baseball field. Not too much to be honest.
[<em>] Summer Activities: Spent a summer at Gtown, spent the other summers doing musicals
[</em>] Essays: Decent
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Never saw them but I like and trust the teachers immensely.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Big school, unsure about it
[<em>] Additional Rec: -
[</em>] Interview: Went well. It was a long, pleasant conversation at an office.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): New York (Upstate)
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): -
[<em>] School Type: Large Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: Medium
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): -
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths:
[<em>] Weaknesses:
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: One of my essays had a typo.
[/ul]General Comments: I'm disappointed. Que Sera Sera.</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): CR 760, W 730, M 750
SAT II: Bio M 740, Math II 770, Chem 760
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8-3.9ish?
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/110
AP (place score in parenthesis): Chem 5
IB (place score in parenthesis): Not taken
Senior Year Course Load: Most rigorous at my school
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): few here and there i guess nothing major
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Tennis (captain), Cross Country, Winter Track. NHS (pres.), Key Club (tres.) Mock Trial (witness) Yearbook (editor)
Job/Work Experience: few short lived jobs here and there the sports killed timing
Summer Activities: additional courses at community college, volunteering
Essays: metaphoric dream and gtown- alright
Teacher Recommendation: never read, but guessin awesome
Counselor Rec: never read, but guessin average
Interview: AWESOME, we had so much in common and she was great
Other
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type: Small public school, performs slightly below the provincial average
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: middle
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
Reflection
Strengths: idk? well rounded?
Weaknesses: idk? not truly outstanding in anything more of a jack of all trades and master of none?
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: i really think probably cause of the interview
General Comments: applied to the college</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): CR: 800 Math: 780 Writing: 770 1580/2350
[</em>] ACT: Didn't take
[<em>] SAT II: Math II: 800 U.S. History: 750 French: 650 (whoops)
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): no ranking... top 5% though
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Bio (5), Euro (5), Psych (5), Chem (5), U.S. History (5), English Language (5), Calc BC (5), French Language (3)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): none
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: French Lit AP, AP Econ, Multivariable Calc, AP Lit, AP Gov, AP Physics C
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Cum Laude, Mu Alpha Theta
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Cross-Country (Captain), Wrestling, Model Congress, Model UN
[<em>] Job/Work Experience:
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service:
[<em>] Summer Activities: Partners in Science, NJ Gov School International Studies
[</em>] Essays: ok, not spectacular
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: didn't see, guessing it was good, not great
[</em>] Counselor Rec: good, probably generic
[<em>] Additional Rec: didn't see, probably good, not great
[</em>] Interview: good; interviewer and i connected
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): New Jersey
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): USA
[<em>] School Type: Private
[</em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: Middle to highest
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Course work/academic success
[<em>] Weaknesses: Lack of out of school volunteer experience/essays, probably
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: don't think there was anything truly spectacular about my app. good, not great
[/ul]General Comments: good luck to everyone else. for all other deferrals, we can talk more 'till april ;-)</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 780 CR, 600 M, 670 WR
[</em>] ACT: Didn't Take
[<em>] SAT II: 690 lit, 700 Spanish, 720 US History
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.7ish
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top Ten %
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): USH (4), Pysch (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): None
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP US Gov, Normal Level Trig, AP Eng List, AP Spanish Lang, AP Studio Art, AP Biology, H Independent Project
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):Erm..
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): I'd say slightly above average. No sports, though :/. Four really great leadership positions.
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Worked 15 hrs a week for a little under a year
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: 200+ hours
[<em>] Summer Activities: Governor's Academy, College classes at local community college.
[</em>] Essays: I thought they were all excellent
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: I thought they were also excellent
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Never saw it, but turned it in.
[<em>] Additional Rec:
[</em>] Interview: It was awkward, we didn't really connect.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): VA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Very large public
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: M
[</em>] Income Bracket: < $85,000
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First generation
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: my ECs, Gov Academy
[<em>] Weaknesses: haha, well..
[</em>] Why you think you were deferred?: I am horribly under qualified for Georgetown, but if I had to choose specific ones: my math SAT and
[/ul]General Comments:</p>
<p>meh, I didn't really want to go anyways. I'm holding out for Chicago!</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): CR 780 Math 800
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT II: USH 790
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Georgetown didn't require AP scores
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: 4 AP's
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None!!!
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Model UN, Piano, nothing spectucular
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Waitressed here and there
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service:
[<em>] Summer Activities: Internship at an NGO
[</em>] Essays: I wrote my extracurricular short answer on my internship, I wrote the international issue one about the issues that my NGO was dealing with, and I wrote my personal one about me moving a lot
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Said he would be surprised if I didn't get in.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: who knows???
[<em>] Additional Rec: my internship boss
[</em>] Interview: I was very ditzy. He strongly encouraged that I apply to other schools such as NYU, Boston University... and not put all my hopes on GU.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): East Coast
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Private
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: dirt poor
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None!!
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: I was a good applicant for SFS because I had international experience
[<em>] Weaknesses: My ECs were quite boring. I never did anything for longer than a year.
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I was different.
[/ul]General Comments: Why me? Why me? These are one of the many questions that I want to ask God if I ever get to meet him. Thank you, God. Miracles do happen.</p>